Match Report
Juventud Copalera went into the game 6th in the table on 14 points; Iztapa sat 3rd on 19 — a 5-point gap. Iztapa had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Juventud Copalera ran at 1.18 scored and 1.27 conceded, Iztapa at 1.45 and 1.09.
Iztapa had not lost in 7 games.
8 meetings are on record — 4 won by Juventud Copalera, 4 by Iztapa, 0 drawn, at 4.63 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 100% of the meetings. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 63%.
On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.